In June, Minuteman Health, one of the last remaining nonprofit co-op health plans created under the ACA, announced it would close Jan. 1 and reopen as a for-profit business the same day.
However, Minuteman failed to gain approval to sell plans on ACA exchanges in Massachusetts and New Hampshire by a Wednesday deadline. State insurance regulators require insurers to have a specific amount of on-hand cash to pay claims, which Minuteman lacked.
As a result, 37,000 Minuteman members will need to purchase health coverage from a different payer next year, according to the report.
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